Andy sipowicz

During his high school years, he was active in baseball, football and swimming.

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He attended Wilbur Wright College and Southern Illinois University Carbondale , graduating from the latter with a bachelor's degree in speech and theater in After graduating from college, Franz was drafted into the U. Franz began his acting career at Chicago's Organic Theater Company. Although he has in the past performed Shakespeare, his physical appearance led to his being typecast early in his career as a cop.

By Franz's own count, the character of Andy Sipowicz was his 28th role as a police officer. He also guest starred in shows such as The A-Team and Hunter. Other major roles were on the television series Hill Street Blues in which he played two characters over the run of the show. Franz first played the role of the corrupt Detective Sal Benedetto in the — season.

Benedetto eventually commits suicide when a large-scale scam he was running fails. Franz returned to the series in as main character Lt.